Committee for Finance

The Committee for Finance is a Northern Ireland Assembly committee established to advise, assist and scrutinise the work of the Department of Finance and the Minister of Finance (currently Caoimhe Archibald). The committee also plays a key role in the consultation, consideration and development of new legislation.^[1]

Until 2016, the committee was called the Committee for Finance and Personnel.

Membership

Membership of the committee is as follows:

Party		Member[2]	Constituency
	SDLP	Matthew O'Toole MLA (Chairperson)	Belfast South
	DUP	Diane Forsythe MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	South Down
	UUP	Steve Aiken MLA	South Antrim
	People Before Profit	Gerry Carroll MLA	Belfast West
	Sinn Féin	Jemma Dolan MLA	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Sinn Féin	Deirdre Hargey MLA	Belfast South
	DUP	Harry Harvey MLA	Strangford
	DUP	Brian Kingston MLA	Belfast North
	Alliance	Eóin Tennyson MLA	Upper Bann

2022–2027 Assembly

Party		Member[3]	Constituency
	SDLP	Matthew O'Toole MLA (Chairperson)	Belfast South
	DUP	Diane Forsythe MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	South Down
	UUP	Steve Aiken MLA	South Antrim
	DUP	Phillip Brett MLA	Belfast North
	Sinn Féin	Nicola Brogan MLA	West Tyrone
	People Before Profit	Gerry Carroll MLA	Belfast West
	DUP	Paul Frew MLA	North Antrim
	Sinn Féin	Deirdre Hargey MLA	Belfast South
	Alliance	Eóin Tennyson MLA	Upper Bann

Changes 2022–2027

Date	Outgoing member and party		Constituency	→	New member and party		Constituency
11 February 2025		Nicola Brogan MLA (Sinn Féin)	West Tyrone	→		Jemma Dolan MLA (Sinn Féin)	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
23 September 2025		Phillip Brett MLA (DUP)	Belfast North	→		Harry Harvey MLA (DUP)	Strangford
		Paul Frew MLA (DUP)	North Antrim			Brian Kingston MLA (DUP)	Belfast North

2017-2022 Assembly

Party		Member[4]	Constituency
	UUP	Steve Aiken MLA (Chairperson)	South Antrim
	DUP	Paul Frew MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	North Antrim
	TUV	Jim Allister MLA	North Antrim
	SDLP	Pat Catney MLA	Lagan Valley
	DUP	Phillip Brett MLA	Belfast North
	Sinn Féin	Jemma Dolan MLA	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
	Sinn Féin	Maolíosa McHugh MLA	West Tyrone
	SDLP	Matthew O'Toole MLA	Belfast South
	DUP	Jim Wells MLA	South Down

Changes 2017-2022

Date	Outgoing member and party		Constituency	→	New member and party		Constituency
14 June 2021		Paul Frew MLA (Deputy Chairperson, DUP)	North Antrim	→		Keith Buchanan MLA (Deputy Chairperson, DUP)	Mid Ulster

2016-2017 Assembly

Party		Member[5]	Constituency
	DUP	Emma Little-Pengelly MLA (Chairperson)	Belfast South
	SDLP	Claire Hanna MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	Belfast South
	TUV	Jim Allister MLA	North Antrim
	DUP	Jonathan Bell MLA	Strangford
	DUP	Paul Girvan MLA	South Antrim
	UUP	Ross Hussey MLA	West Tyrone
	SDLP	Gerry Mullan MLA	East Londonderry
	Sinn Féin	John O'Dowd MLA	Upper Bann
	Sinn Féin	Caitríona Ruane MLA	South Down
	UUP	Philip Smith MLA	Strangford
	DUP	Jim Wells MLA	South Down

Changes 2016-2017

None

2011-2016 Assembly

Party		Member[6]	Constituency
	Sinn Féin	Conor Murphy MLA (Chairperson)	Newry and Armagh
	SDLP	Dominic Bradley MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	Newry and Armagh
	Alliance	Judith Cochrane MLA	Belfast East
	UUP	Leslie Cree MLA	North Down
	DUP	Paul Girvan MLA	South Antrim
	DUP	David Hilditch MLA	East Antrim
	DUP	William Humphrey MLA	East Antrim
	Sinn Féin	Paul Maskey MLA	Belfast West
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan MLA	East Londonderry
	Sinn Féin	Mitchel McLaughlin MLA	South Antrim
	Sinn Féin	Caitríona Ruane MLA	South Down

Changes 2011-2016

Date	Outgoing member and party		Constituency	→	New member and party		Constituency
23 April 2012		Ross Hussey MLA (UUP)	West Tyrone	→		Roy Beggs Jr MLA (UUP)	East Antrim
2 July 2012		Conor Murphy MLA (Chairperson, Sinn Féin)	Newry and Armagh	→		Daithí McKay MLA (Sinn Féin)	North Antrim
2 July 2012		Paul Maskey MLA (Sinn Féin)	Belfast West	→		Daithí McKay MLA (Sinn Féin)	North Antrim
23 September 2025		David Hilditch MLA (DUP)	East Antrim	→		David McIlveen MLA (DUP)	North Antrim
		William Humphrey MLA (DUP)	Belfast North			Peter Weir MLA (DUP)	North Down
16 September 2013		David McIlveen MLA (DUP)	North Antrim	→		Ian McCrea MLA (DUP)	Mid Ulster
2 November 2013		Megan Fearon MLA (Sinn Féin)	Newry and Armagh	→		Michaela Boyle MLA (Sinn Féin)	West Tyrone
6 October 2014		Mitchel McLaughlin MLA (Sinn Féin)	South Antrim	→		Raymond McCartney MLA (Sinn Féin)	Foyle
10 November 2014		Raymond McCartney MLA (Sinn Féin)	Foyle	→		Máirtín Ó Muilleoir MLA (Sinn Féin)	Belfast South
18 May 2015		Peter Weir MLA (DUP)	North Down	→		Jim Wells MLA (DUP)	South Down
5 October 2015		Paul Girvan MLA (DUP)	South Antrim	→		Emma Little-Pengelly MLA (DUP)	Belfast South
		Adrian McQuillan MLA (DUP)	East Londonderry			Gordon Lyons MLA (DUP)	East Antrim
9 November 2015		Emma Little-Pengelly MLA (DUP)	Belfast South	→		Gary Middleton MLA (DUP)	Foyle
4 January 2016		Dominic Bradley MLA (Deputy Chairperson, SDLP)	Newry and Armagh	→		Claire Hanna MLA (Deputy Chairperson, SDLP)	Belfast South

2007-2011 Assembly

Party		Member[7]	Constituency
	Sinn Féin	Mitchel McLaughlin MLA (Chairperson)	South Antrim
	DUP	Mervyn Storey MLA (Deputy Chairperson)	North Antrim
	UUP	Roy Beggs Jr MLA	East Antrim
	Alliance	Stephen Farry MLA	North Down
	DUP	Simon Hamilton MLA	Strangford
	Sinn Féin	Fra McCann MLA	Belfast West
	Sinn Féin	Jennifer McCann MLA	Belfast West
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan MLA	East Londonderry
	SDLP	Declan O'Loan MLA	North Antrim
	PUP	Dawn Purvis MLA	Belfast East
	DUP	Peter Weir MLA	North Down

Changes 2007-2011

Date	Outgoing member and party		Constituency	→	New member and party		Constituency
10 June 2008		Mervyn Storey MLA (Deputy Chairperson, DUP)	North Antrim	→		Simon Hamilton MLA (Deputy Chairperson, DUP)	Strangford
30 June 2008		Mervyn Storey MLA (DUP)	North Antrim	→		Ian Paisley Jr MLA (DUP)	North Antrim
29 September 2008		Roy Beggs Jr MLA (DUP)	East Antrim	→		David McNarry MLA (DUP)	Strangford
4 July 2009		Simon Hamilton MLA (Deputy Chairperson, DUP)	Strangford	→		Peter Weir MLA (Deputy Chairperson, DUP)	North Down
9 September 2009		Mitchel McLaughlin MLA (Sinn Féin)	South Antrim	→		Jennifer McCann MLA (Sinn Féin)	Belfast West
13 April 2010		Peter Weir MLA (Deputy Chairperson, DUP)	North Down	→		David McNarry MLA (Deputy Chairperson, UUP)	Strangford
14 April 2010		Peter Weir MLA (DUP)	North Down	→		Jonathan Craig MLA (DUP)	Lagan Valley
18 June 2010		Ian Paisley Jr MLA (DUP)	North Antrim	→	Vacant
14 September 2010		Jonathan Craig MLA (DUP)	Lagan Valley	→		Paul Frew MLA (DUP)	North Antrim
		Vacant				Paul Girvan MLA (DUP)	South Antrim
14 September 2009		Fra McCann MLA (Sinn Féin)	Belfast West	→		Daithí McKay MLA (Sinn Féin)	North Antrim
20 January 2011		Jennifer McCann MLA (Chairperson, Sinn Féin)	Belfast West	→		Daithí McKay MLA (Chairperson, Sinn Féin)	North Antrim

1998-2003 Assembly

Party		Member[8]	Constituency
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy MLA (Chairperson)	Mid Ulster
	SDLP	Alex Attwood MLA	Belfast West
	UUP	Billy Bell MLA	Lagan Valley
	Alliance	Seamus Close MLA	Lagan Valley
	SDLP	John Dallat MLA	East Londonderry
	DUP	Oliver Gibson MLA	West Tyrone
	UUP	Derek Hussey MLA	West Tyrone
	DUP	Gardiner Kane MLA	North Antrim
	UUP	James Leslie MLA	North Antrim
	Sinn Féin	Alex Maskey MLA	Belfast West
	SDLP	Donovan McClelland MLA	South Antrim
	UUP	Dermot Nesbitt MLA	South Down
	DUP	Peter Weir MLA	North Down

Changes 1998-2003

Date	Outgoing member and party		Constituency	→	New member and party		Constituency
25 January 2000		Dermot Nesbitt MLA (UUP)	South Down	→	Vacant
27 January 2000		John Dallat MLA (SDLP)	East Londonderry	→	Vacant
2 October 2000		Oliver Gibson MLA (DUP)	West Tyrone	→		Nigel Dodds MLA (DUP)	Belfast North
		Gardiner Kane MLA (DUP)	North Antrim			Peter Robinson MLA (DUP)	Belfast East
15 January 2001		Donovan McClelland MLA (SDLP)	South Antrim	→		Patricia Lewsley MLA (SDLP)	Lagan Valley
12 November 2001		Nigel Dodds MLA (DUP)	Belfast North	→		Roger Hutchinson MLA (DUP)	East Antrim
		Peter Robinson MLA (DUP)	Belfast East			Maurice Morrow MLA (DUP)	Fermanagh and South Tyrone
4 March 2002		James Leslie MLA (UUP)	North Antrim	→		Roy Beggs Jr MLA (Deputy Chairperson, UUP)	East Antrim

See also

• Committee